Tafsir al-Tustari

Sahl al-Tustari — b. 203 AH / 818 CE · d. 283 AH / 896 CE Sunni (Sufi) Early Sufi Master

Tafsir al-Tustari `Abasa عَبَسَ (He Frowned) 42 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
80:1 ›
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
He frowned and turned awa
80:2 ›
أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
when the blind man came to him––
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80:3 ›
وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
for all you know, he might have grown in spirit
80:4 ›
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
or taken note of something useful to him
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80:5 ›
أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
For the self-satisfied on
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80:6 ›
فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
you go out of your way––
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80:7 ›
وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
though you are not to be blamed for his lack of spiritual growth––
80:8 ›
وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
but from the one who has come to you full of eagernes
80:9 ›
وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ
Abdel Haleem
and aw
80:10 ›
فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
Abdel Haleem
you allow yourself to be distracted
80:11 ›
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
No indeed! This [Quran] is a lesso
80:12 ›
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
from which those who wish to be taught should learn
80:13 ›
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
[written] on honoured
80:14 ›
مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
exalted, pure pages
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بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
by the hands o
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80:16 ›
كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
noble and virtuous scribes
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80:17 ›
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
Woe to man! How ungrateful he is
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80:18 ›
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
Abdel Haleem
From what thing does God create him
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80:19 ›
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him
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80:20 ›
ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
He makes the way easy for him
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80:21 ›
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
then He causes him to die and be buried
Sahl al-Tustari

then He makes him die and buries him.He said:Its inner meaning is that He causes the pleasures (ḥuẓūẓ) which the lower self derives from lust, to die, and buries him [i.e. the pleasures] within him.

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80:22 ›
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
When He wills, He will raise him up again
Sahl al-Tustari

Then, when He wills, He will raise him,affiliated with wisdom (ḥikma), in a contemplative witnessing (mushāhada) of God, whilst being cut off from all other than Him.His words, Exalted is He:

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80:23 ›
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ
Abdel Haleem
Yet mandoes not fulfil God’s commands
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80:24 ›
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ
Abdel Haleem
Let man consider the food he eats
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80:25 ›
أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا
Abdel Haleem
We pour down abundant wate
Sahl al-Tustari

We pour down water plenteously,He said:It is a pouring down of the subtlety of His meanings (luṭf maʿānīhi), represented by water. Then We split the earth [80:26] which is the heart, in fissures [80:26] and grow in it flowers of differentcolours, those of the spirit (rūḥ), intellect (ʿaql), faith (īmān) and gnosis (maʿrifa), just as the Messenger of God said, �Is not the Qurʾān the flower of hearts (zahrat al-qulūb)? Does not faith cultivate wealth (ghinā) in the heart, just as the rain causes the flowers to grow? Is it not so that avarice (shuḥḥ) causes hypocrisy (nifāq) to grow in the heart just as dew causes herbage to grow?�His words, Mighty and Majestic is He:

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80:26 ›
ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا
Abdel Haleem
and cause the soil to split open
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80:27 ›
فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا
Abdel Haleem
We make grain grow
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80:28 ›
وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا
Abdel Haleem
and vines, fresh vegetation
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80:29 ›
وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا
Abdel Haleem
olive trees, date palms
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80:30 ›
وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا
Abdel Haleem
luscious gardens
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80:31 ›
وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا
Abdel Haleem
fruits, and fodder
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80:32 ›
مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ
Abdel Haleem
all for you and your livestock to enjoy
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80:33 ›
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ
Abdel Haleem
When the Deafening Blast comes––
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80:34 ›
يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ
Abdel Haleem
the Day man will flee from his own brother
Sahl al-Tustari

the day when a man will flee from his [own] brother, [such as] Abel from Cain, Muḥammad from his uncle, Abraham from his father, Lot from his wife, and Noah from his own son.

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80:35 ›
وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ
Abdel Haleem
his mother, his father
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80:36 ›
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ
Abdel Haleem
his wife, his children
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80:37 ›
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ
Abdel Haleem
each of them will be absorbed in concerns of their own on that Day
Sahl al-Tustari

every person that day will have a matter to concern him,Which will distract him from everyone except his own self.Sahl said:Muḥammad b. Sawwār related on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar y that the Prophet said, �Whoeverwishes to behold the Resurrection as if he were seeing it with his own eyes should read: When the sun is folded away [81:1], When the heaven is split open [82:1] and When the heaven is rent asunder [84:1].�His words, Exalted is He:

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80:38 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
on that Day some faces will be beaming
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80:39 ›
ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
laughing, and rejoicing
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80:40 ›
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
but some faces will be dust-staine
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80:41 ›
تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
and covered in darkness
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80:42 ›
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ
Abdel Haleem
those are the disbelievers, the licentious
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